Like every September, I’ve spent several days preparing supplementary materials for practicing English at home.
My kids have an excellent teacher who leads many interesting projects; this means we do a lot of work at home on grammar, vocabulary, and communication as a way to prepare them to put all their English communication skills into practice.
Last school year, my oldest son went on a language immersion program with her and loved it. According to his teachers, he made the most of the experience and has shown enough maturity for a language immersion experience abroad.
For years now, we’ve been dedicating a lot of time and resources to helping both of them (the older one in 6th grade and the younger one in 5th grade) develop communication skills and the independence to interact with others in English.
In the near future, we’re going to Milan, and I hope to see them interacting in English in everyday situations like basic shopping, asking for directions, and making suggestions…
Today I finished the workbook of supplementary materials that I prepare every year at the beginning of the school year. The idea is to work on expressions and communication skills—both oral and written.
I used the textbook they’re required to use at school to create this workbook. It’s a lot of work to put together, but then you don’t have to go looking for “worksheets” made by others that are probably less suited to the topics in the school textbook.
I’m sharing the first few pages so you can see what it looks like.
We use this resource along with Genially and the worksheets provided by our child’s teacher, the English reading books that have been a regular part of our home life for years, and the classes and projects offered at the school of communication and linguistics they attend—INFIL.
Last book we have bought are:
Nothing is too much when our goal is real communication and linguistic autonomy.
